Suspenders.



No. 668,86I. Patented Fab. 26, |90l. J. RDTHSCHILD.

SUSPENDERS.

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.IULIUS ROTHSCHILD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDERS.

SQECIFICAJIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,861, dated February 26, 19011. Application filed September 8, 1900. Serial No. 29.372. (No modeLl To all whom it may concern: l. The blank A has barbs B punched in'- Beit known that I, JULIUS ROTHSCHILD, a wardly from the back O, as shown in Figs. 3 citizen of the United States, residing at the and 6, to secure the web of fabric 6 by its 55 city of New York, in the county of NewYork end 7. TheblaukAis foldedinlermediately,

5 and State of New York, have invented certain so that the back O of thebody lis doubled upon new and useful Improvementsin Suspenders, itselffso as to form a front plate D for the of which the following is a specification. end 7 of the web, whereby the end 7 of the My invention in Suspenders relates more web is secured between the two plates C and 6o particularly to the means of securing the sus- D in the manner of a vise.

1o pender-web to the buckle; and it also relates The front plate D is left longer than the to the mechanical construction of the buckle back plate C, so that when the web of the itself, as well as to the manner in which the suspender is clamped by the clamping lever web is disposed about the buckle; and the r tongue 5 against the fro'nt plate D there 65 objects of my invention are, first, to faciliwill be a portion of it standing above the i tate the means of fastening the liked end of clamping lever or tongue 5, while the back the suspender-web to the buckle, and, secplate C is made as short as possible, the obond, to shield the back of the buckle or that ject being to prevent the buckle from twistpart of the buckle which lies in contact with ing when a strain is applied to the web 6, as 7o the garment of the wearer, so that the garshown in the drawings.

2o mentshall comein contact with the web rather When a light web is used in the constructhan the buckle, thereby preventing cortion of the Suspenders, I prefer to perforate rosion of the metallic substance of which the -the front plate D with perforations E, (shown buckle is composed,in consequence of perspiin Fig. 2,) so as to register with the ends of 75 ration, and at the same time protect the garthe barbs B, which are left in this case long z5 ment from abrasion. These objects I attain enough to project through the perforations E by the construction of the buckle and the disand into the web 6 when the latter is clamped position of it with relation to the suspender by the clamping-lever 5 against the front web, as shown in the drawings and described plate D, so as to assist the buckle in holding 8o in the specification and more clearly pointed the suspenders more firmly in an adj usted pogo out in the claims. sition, as shown in Fig. 2. In this instance lll Figure l 0f the drawings l have shown a I prefer to pierce the ears 8, as shown, in the frontelevation of myimproved buckle, and in blank A, Fig. 7, so that the pivots 4, when Fig. 2 a sectional view of the same, taken on the lineXXof Fig. l. Fig. Sis asimilar view of the buckle, showing the suspender-web in position. Fig. et is a side elevation of niy improved buckle, and Fig. 5 is a top end view of the same. Fig. 6 is a rear view of myimproved buckle, showing the web in position 4o and the manner of fastening the same to the buckle by the barbs. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a blank of which the back and lugs are formed, and Fig. 8 is a detailed view of the same when folded.

Similar characters of reference relate to the same parts in the several views.

The body l of the buckle is composed of a blank A, as clearly shown in Fig. 7, the two ears 2 being embossed at 3, so as to form the 5o bearings between which the pivots 4 of the clamping-lever 5 are adapted to swing when the ears are bent up at right angles to the body blank A, can pass through the same. These holes are considerably larger than the diameter of the pivots 4. With this disposition of the front plate D and the ears 8 the front plate serves the purpose of a sort of spring- 9o jaw of a vise, and when the lighter web is used the clamping action of the tongue 5 will force the back plate C against the web, so as to cause the barbs to protrude through vthe web 6 and perforations E, and when the 95 clamping lever or tongue 5 is thrown into position, so as to release the web 6, the front plate D will spring sufficiently forward in consequence of the play permitted by the perforations E in the ears 8 so as to clear that part loo of the web lying in contact with the surface of the front plate D, enabling the web to be adjusted up and down in the buckle without coming in contact with the sharp points of these ears are folded at right angles with the l i the barbs B, projected through the web 6 and perforations E in the front -plate D.

In cases Where heavy web is employed for the Suspenders the barbs could be left long enough so as to geta firm grip into the material of the web Without having to have them pass completely through it. I therefore construct the buckle and secure the web to the same in the manner shown in Figs. 1,3, and 5, in which case the barbs are sufficiently long to pass almost through the web, but do not actually pierce it. Upon any considerable amount of strain being imposed upon the end 7 of the web, so as to exert a force against the barbs B, so that they will have a tendency to bend toward thev frontplate D, the front plate D will be strained; so as to be pressed forward and exert a tighter clamping tendency on the Suspenders where it is held by the clamping-lever 5, thereby'binding the Whole more firmly together.

Having fully described my invention, lso that those who are versed in the art towhich said invention pertains may construct and use the same, ters Patent of the United States issuspender-web; substantiallyas-described.

2. In Suspenders, a` buckle `having a vise,

a folded portion thereof, and a lever for compressing the jaws,` and barbs the jaws of which are formed lby the back of the buckle and a folded portion thereof, and a lever for compressing 'the jaws,- and barbs for the said vise for securing an end'of'the said suspenderof the said buckle; substantiallyas described.

et.y In Suspenders havinga buckle and jaws for the said buckle anda lever for compressing the jaws, a suspender-web having anend thereof interposed between the said jaws, and aportion of the said web folded about the said jaws and between one of the said jaws andthe said lever, said jaws having barbs for securing said end of 'said"web;' substantially as described.

5. In siispenders having a buckle and jaws for the said buckle and a leverfor compressing `the jaws, a suspenderweb' having one lend thereof interposed between thejaws,and

aiportion of the web foldedabout the jaws Aand between one of the jaws and the said lever, said lever beingadaptedto engage the web'soas to clamp thel sameagainst one of 'ing-jaws, ears yfolded from the fixed lfolded fromV said yielding rations through which Vclamping-leveris disposed, said yielding jaw "being `jaw'so blank folded vmaterial between' a material against vgreater in :length *substantially as described.

thejaws, said-jaws having barbs for secur# ing said end-of vthe web; substantially as described.

6. A buckle having a clamping-lever, a blank folded so as to form a pair of clampjaw so as to form beariiig-supports for the said clamping-lever= and barbs formed from the blank; substantially as described.

7. A buckle, having a clamping-lever, a

blank folded so as to form a vise having a 'fixed 'jaw'anda yielding jaw, ears folded from the fixed jaw of said vise so as to form bearing-supports for the said clamping-lever, the said yielding jaw being greater in length than the said iixed jaw so to projectabove the said-"fixed jaw, and barbs formed` from the said fixed jaw; `substantially as described.

8. Av buckle, having a clamping-lever, al

blank folded so as to form a vise having a ixed jawfanda yielding jaw, ears folded from the fixed jaw of said viset having recesses formed therein-seas tofform bearing-supports' for the said clamping-leveigfand ears jaw having perfogreater in' length than the said xed barbs formed from the said fixed jaw; substantially as described.

9. A buckle having a clamping-lever, said buckle being formed of a folded blank, said so as -to form avise having a fixed jaw and a yielding jaw, ears'folded from the fixed jaw having'recesses formed therein,

'so as to form bearings for the said clampinglever, earsalso -folded from the yielding jaw having perforations through which the axis ofthe clamping-lever isdisposed, said yielding Ijawfbeing greater in'length than the fixed jaw, whereby 'the same projects above the plane of the said bearing-support and theend ofthe fixed jaw; substantially as described. 10. A buckle,` having a clamping-lever, a

Vblank folded so as to-forma vise having jaws,

and'ears folded from the jawsof-said vise having recesses Aformed thereinV so as to form 'bearings for -thesaid clamping-lever; said clamping-leverbeing adapted to'compress a the jaw adjacent to the clamping end of thesaid lever and the said lever," theo'ther jaw being adapted to clamp the second jaw, the` said jaw adjacentto the said clamping-lever being than the other said jaw;

Il. InV Suspenders, oted clamping lever a buckle having apivor tongue, said buckle being formed ofa blank foldedV so asy tov form a vise having afixed jaw and a yielding jaw, andears folded from thefixed jaw of the ing-lever or folded from tongue of the buckle and ears the yielding jaw having perforationsA through which the said pivots of the the axis of the said as to project above the fixed jaw,and

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Isaid clamping leveror tongue pass, said yielding jaw being greater in length than the xed jaw, barbs for the vise for securing an end of the suspender-web being interposed between the jaws, and a free portion of said suspender-web being folded about the jaws and between the said yielding jaw and the said lever, said lever being adapted to compress the said free portion of the suspenderweb, between the yielding jaw and the said tongue the end of the suspender-web being compressed between the yielding jaw and the fixed jaw, and upon the said compression by the said clamping lever or tongue, the said yielding jaw will be restrained by the pivots of the said clamping lever or tongue in the said perforations in the ears of the yielding jaw, and upon the release of the web by the said tongue, the said yielding jaw upon being released and by virtue of the elasticity of the said web compression will again be restrained by the pivots of the said clamping lever or tongue in the perforations of the ears of the yielding jaw; substantially as described.

12. In Suspenders, a buckle having a vise, the jaws of which are formed by the back of the buckle and a folded portion thereof, a

lever for compressing the jaws, and barbs for one of the jaws and recesses for the other jaw adapted to register with the said barbs; substantially as described.

13. In Suspenders, a buckle having a vise,

the jaws of which are formed by the back of the buckle and a folded portion thereof, alever for compressing the jaws, and barbs for one of the jaws and recesses for the other jaw, for securing an end of the suspenderweb, said end of the said suspender-Web being folded about said jaws and said barbs passing through the salne and registering with the said recesses; substantially as described.

. 14. A suspenderbuckle consisting of a blank folded so as to form a vise having a fixed jaw and a yielding jaw, alever for compressing the jaws, and barbs on the fixed jaw and recesses in the yielding jaw for securing an end of the suspender-web, said end of the suspender-Web being folded about the said jaws and said barbs passing through the same and registering with the said recesses; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JULIUS ROTHSCHILD.

Witnesses:

PHILIP K. STERN, CHAs. WAHLERS. 

